User talk:Louiseluminous

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Hate speech

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hate_speech&curid=14233&diff=469709349&oldid=469566072#cite_note-41 You added disabilities to the article, but I can't find any evidence that it is included. Can you direct me to an exact source?Sjö (talk) 15:02, 5 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'm not very familiar with the workings of Wikipedia so I hope this is the correct way to reply!

Sources:

The Wikipedia Hate Crime entry includes disability as a characteristic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_crime In the UK this is defined by law: http://www.acpo.presscentre.com/Press-Releases/ACPO-publishes-hate-crime-data-for-2010-111.aspx

Hate crime and hate speech affecting disabled people is major problem, and significantly under-reported. Here are a few more sources:

http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/the-hate-crime-dossier http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/nov/09/disability-hate-speech-online http://www.cps.gov.uk/news/articles/prosecuting_disability_hate_crime/

Louiseluminous (talk) 16:29, 5 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]